It’s getting real in the FedEx Cup race, and all of a sudden Dustin Johnson has a leg up on the field. Back in April, we would have thought nothing but, with no “all of a sudden” qualifier for the guy who was playing exactly like his No. 1 ranking. That was before Johnson’s world wobbled out … [Read more...]
The women’s game
If you're not watching the women's game, you're missing out on the most fascinating golf in the industry. Today's KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Olympia Fields in Illinois, just for instance, had it all going on, and the best part, watching on our television sets, was nobody among the … [Read more...]
Tiger changes his stripes
It's easy to be disappointed that Tiger Woods has withdrawn from this weekend's Safeway Classic in Napa, but hard to be surprised. He's not hurt, they say, but his game's not ready. Shit, whose game is? But we power on, right? Another 500 points is in play this week for the winner in the … [Read more...]
Le Grey Goatee
If I know you, you're in Evian-les-Bains, France, strolling the playing grounds of the fifth and final major of the LPGA season. The women have the weekend to themselves, mostly, with the PGA boys taking a week off before the top 30 take on the FedEx Cup final next weekend, with the Ryder Cup the … [Read more...]
Cold War edition
I'm thinking the Olympics will be just fine -- Rio will be amazing, the security will work, and nobody will get carried off by a Zika Monster. Even the golf will be good, and nobody will notice (much) the top guys who aren't there. I'll miss having the Russian track and field team around, just … [Read more...]
Henderson defends Portland title for third LPGA win
Final: Henderson's 71 is enough Brooke Henderson closed a dominant week in Portland with her least-dominant performance Sunday and still won the Cambia Portland Classic by four strokes. Henderson had a one-under 71 for a 72-hole total of 14-under 274, four shots better than Stacy Lewis and five … [Read more...]
The teaching pros can play a little, too
These guys don’t have the name recognition to match PGA Tour pros, and that’s because they spend their professional lives running golf courses and teaching the rest of us bums how to play the game better. Grey Goatee Nation, whether you know it or not, has a dog in the fight at the PGA … [Read more...]
KPMG Women’s PGA: Sahalee day long
SAMMAMISH, Wash. -- The young gun had the low number -- one -- on No. 13 Thursday in the opening round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club. The ace offered a leg up on the day's low round, a four-under-par 67, for 18-year-old Canadian Brooke Henderson. "It really helped a … [Read more...]
Images: Women’s golf in Portland — The LPGA Portland Classic
PORTLAND, Ore. -- She's young, and she didn't even have permanent status, but it didn't matter to 17-year-old Canadian Brooke Henderson, who went from Monday qualifier to blowing away the field at the Cambia Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. Grey Goatee Nation shooter Scott … [Read more...]
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